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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 6306871" data-attributes="member: 18">Did 4E ever actually have a time when it had hardcovers coming out that fast? Not denying it, but I wasn't aware of it. The sad thing is, I think 4E's pacing would have been pretty solid, release-wise, if they hadn't been putting out the X Power books (all of which would have been better off as just being more articles in Dragon, imho).I'd personally actually be disappointed if they only did one rules expansion a year unless a whole bunch of solidly-made stuff was coming out in Dragon. Two would be good. Three might be beginning to push it, though.To be clear, I personally reject arguments to the tune of "If they put out less stuff, it'll automatically be better balanced!". Every TT RPG I've ever seen which attempted balance or claimed it is pretty much prima facie evidence to the contrary - there should be a link, logically, rationally, sure - but in practice, whether stuff is balanced or not comes down entirely (imho/imex) to three things:1) Does the game have sufficient structure in power/ability/feat design to support balance?2) Do the designers actually want the game to be balanced? (Which includes them being willing to devote effort to fixing things which are no longer the hottest latest thing).3) Are the designers willing to make significant changes to abilities via errata?4E had all of these so was the most balanced TT RPG I've come across. Tons of other TT RPGs have come out with new stuff far slower, but ended up wildly less balanced because they lacked one, two or all of the above .</blockquote>

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